After defeating Astin Villa in the EFL Cup final, Manchester City will try to advance to the FA Cup quarterfinals on Wednesday night when they face second-seeded Sheffield Wednesday at Hillsborough Stadium. See below for analysis and recommended tip.
Sheffield Wednesday
◾️The draw in the FA Cup was not too “friendly” with Sheffield Wednesday.
◾️This is the second consecutive season in which this team meets the FA Cup holder, last season leaving the competition after a defeat suffered with a score of 0-3 in front of Chelsea.
◾️Interestingly, he has already defeated a Premier League team, following two phases of the FA Cup managing to win 1-0 against Brighton thus concluding a series of 15 consecutive FA Cup eliminations suffered due to the matches played against teams in the Premier League.
◾️As for the news of the team, midfielder Massimo Luongo and defender Moses Odubajo returned to normal training, but will not be able to be used in the confrontation with City.
◾️Besides the extreme Adam Reach, who is still recovering from his injury, manager Garry Monk has no new problems with the injuries.
Manchester City
◾️Pep Guardola will hope that Manchester City’s good progress against Sheffield Wednesday will continue, as his team has eliminated them in all four previous FA Cup meetings, most recently in January 2015, when City prevailed with the score. 2-1.
◾️Manchester City have won the last 5 FA Cup matches against a lower division team and have scored 22 goals in all this time.
◾️The good news for Pep Guardiola is that Sergio Aguero is fit for this match, after suffering a slight injury in the previous match.
◾️City have won 4 consecutive victories in all competitions, and in the last 12 trips recorded 10 victories and 2 defeats.
⚽Direct meetings
▪️Sheffield Wednesday is winless in the last 11 meetings with Manchester City.
▪️The last time he faced City was in 1993.
⚽Sheffield Wednesday vs Manchester City probable teams:
▪️Sheffield Wednesday (4-5-1): Dawson; Palmer, Iorfa, Lees, Borner, Fox; Harris, Lee, Bannan, Murphy; Fletcher
▪️Manchester City (4-3-3): Bravo; Joao Cancelo, Otamendi, Stones, Mendy; De Bruyne, Gundogan, Foden; Mahrez, Gabriel Jesus, Bernardo Silva
Football Prediction of the Day Sheffield Wednesday vs Manchester City
After winning the EFL Cup trophy, Manchester City is targeting the FA Cup trophy.
Citizens have failed to defend their championship title in the Premier League, but they want to achieve the other goals.
Considering that Pep Guardiola could send the best first XI against Sheffield Wednesday, I expect his team to win without difficulty.
Sheffield Wednesday was inconsistent in the Championship season and, consequently, is in the middle of the standings.
Seeing that he received a total of 11 goals in the last 3 meetings with the citizens, anything but a categorical victory for the City would be a big surprise for me.
Prediction Today: handicap Manchester City -2
Odds: 2.42
